70619611 - After-School and Out-of-School GrantsData Current as of: 8/10/2018

After-School and Out-of-School Grants For grants or subsidies for after-school and out-of-school programs; provided, that preference shall be given to after-school proposals developed collaboratively by public and non-public schools and private community-based programs; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall fund only those applications which contain accountability systems and measurable outcomes, under guidelines to be determined by the department in consultation with the department of early education and care; provided further, that applicants shall detail funds received from all public sources for existing after-school and out-of-school programs and the types of programs and students served by the funds; provided further, that funds shall be expended for services that actively include children with disabilities in after-school programs that also serve non-disabled children and services that include children for whom English is a second language; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall consult with the executive office of health and human services and the department of early education and care to maximize the provision of wrap-around services and to coordinate programs and services for children and youths during after-school and out-of-school time programs; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall select grant recipients not later than September 28, 2018; provided further, that for the purpose of this item, appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months; provided further, that funds shall be expended to convene regional networks to work with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of early education and care to support the implementation of school and community partnerships; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the Recreation Worcester program; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for Steps to Success, Inc., in the town of Brookline; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Hoops and Homework to provide academic and enrichment services for youth in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Resiliency for Life program to support academic intervention and dropout prevention; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for a grant program for the Museum of Science to operate an engineering curriculum in preschool and after school programs in the cities of Everett and Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for a 1-time grant program to be administered by the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, Inc. to: (a) provide access to youth development and arts and cultural programming for financially-disadvantaged youth in the city of New Bedford; (b) strengthen relationships among first responders and youth in the city of New Bedford; and (c) expand after school and summer programs for financially disadvantaged youth in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that possible applicants to the grant program may include nonprofit and public organizations in the city of New Bedford with a mission to promote youth literacy, development and access to arts and cultural opportunities; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the Rites of Passage and Empowerment program in the city of Pittsfield to support mentoring programs for adolescent girls; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Scholar Athletes, Inc., for its athletic and professional training programming; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Youth and Family Enrichment Services, Inc., in the Hyde Park section of the city of Boston to provide after-school academic enrichment for area youth; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be allocated to Beyond Soccer, Inc. to provide innovative health, athletic and leadership programming for low-income youth in the city of Lawrence; provided further, than not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the All Dorchester Sports League, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for Old Hill Sports and Mentoring program; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be appropriated to Homework House of Holyoke; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Youth Court programs of New Bedford and Fall River to support juvenile diversion programs based on the principles of peer-led restorative justice; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Department of Community Services in the City of New Bedford to support the after-school Girls STEAM Design Academy program; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be granted to the Cape Verdean Association of Brockton for employment positions for at-risk youth within their YEP! We Can Summer Program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the I Have a Future program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for The Mazie Partnership of Wayland in support of the mentoring of at-risk students in the Commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for programs through Auburn Youth and Family Services, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of a pilot data-sharing program designed to provide school districts with funds to partner with local community-based organizations and share identifiable student data to the extent allowed by law; provided further, that the pilot program shall be for not more than 3 years; provided further, that the afterschool and out-of-school time coordinating council shall recommend funds to 2 school districts for the pilot program; provided further, that the afterschool and out-of-school time coordinating council shall conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis on the pilot data sharing program; and provided further, that not later than December 31, 2019, the Massachusetts afterschool and out-of-school time coordinating council shall file a report on the effects of the pilot program on students participating in the programs partnered with the school districts with the house and senate committees on ways and means